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Full name | Usman Afzaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan | 9 June 1977|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Uz, Uzi, A-Star, Zaf-Zaf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Kamran Afzaal (brother) Aquib Afzaal (brother) Fawad Alam (cousin) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 605) | 5 July 2001 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 2 August 2001 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1995–2003 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,12 August 2013 |
Usman Afzaal (born 9 June 1977) is a Pakistani born English cricketer who has played three Test matches for England,all against Australia in 2001. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional left arm slow bowler.
He started his first-class career with Nottinghamshire,and was awarded the NBC Denis Compton Award in 1996,but left the county after the 2003 season to play for Northamptonshire. Towards the end of 2007 season he left Northamptonshire and signed a three-year contract with Surrey. [2]
From 2013 to 2015,he owned an Indian restaurant opposite Trent Bridge. [3] [4]
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